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Topic: Picking with a guitar pick ? |
Ken Metcalf
From:
San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2018 5:05 am |
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How many have tried to play pedal steel with a guitar pick to double on guitar?
I have tried to learn to play guitar with finger picks without much luck.
Started to attempt this and it didn't seem as difficult as I would have thought.
A trade off of course but still doable.
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Little Walter PF-89.
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Charlie Hansen
From:
Halifax, NS Canada and Various Southern Towns.
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Posted 29 Sep 2018 6:32 am
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A friend of mine played with a flat pick and played very well. He was extremely fast and when necessary he used his middle and index fingers to make full chords that were used in slower numbers.
I eventually persuaded him to use finger picks but he never played as well. I guess I should have kept my mouth shut.
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Carter S-10 3X5, Peavey Nashville 112, plus Regal dobro and too many other instruments to mention.
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A Touch Of Texas CIOE FM 97.5 Sackville, NS, Canada,
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 29 Sep 2018 6:33 am
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Go on YouTube and put in "Sid Hudson" to see one of the best doing it!
(Flat pick and two finger picks.) |
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Dale Rivard
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Ken Metcalf
From:
San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2018 7:52 am
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Wow that guy is really good. That is a lot of notes for my taste, seems a little busy.
I do not have the ability to play that fast.
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MSA 12 String E9th/B6th Universal.
Little Walter PF-89.
Bunch of stomp boxes
Last edited by Ken Metcalf on 29 Sep 2018 8:08 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Norbert Dengler
From:
germany
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Posted 29 Sep 2018 7:58 am
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| steve piticco from Ontario does that, he's about the best telecaster player there is and he is killer on all stringed instruments, great on steel too. |
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Henry Matthews
From:
Texarkana, Ark USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2018 10:32 am
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Didn’t know Steve played steel but I can see where he could easily do it. I don’t see how anyone gets that good in a lifetime. Lol
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Henry Matthews
D-10 Magnum, 8 &5, dark rose color
D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
Nashville 112 amp, Fishman Loudbox Performer amp, Hilton pedal, Goodrich pedal,BJS bar, Kyser picks, Live steel Strings. No effects, doodads or stomp boxes. |
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Barry Coker
From:
Bagley Alabama, USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2018 6:29 pm
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Hi Ken when I have the ocasion to go back and forth on Steel and Guitar I use these Fred Kelly Picks. There not cheep but come in Light, Med. and Heavy and work great for me. They feel good and fit well.
Good Luck Barry |
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Jerry Erickson
From:
Atlanta,IL 61723
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Posted 30 Sep 2018 6:47 am
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| Then there's Junior Brown. |
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Bob Fraser
From:
Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 30 Sep 2018 8:59 am
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| Jerry Erickson wrote: |
| Then there's Junior Brown. |
Mr Brown mostly uses a bar on the steel, not pick, in any videos I've seen of him. |
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Neil Harms
From:
Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2018 8:22 am
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| Early on I tried thumb pick/finger picks. Never could make it happen. I've used a flat pick/fingernails for over 20 years. Works just fine for me. I do go back forth from steel to "regular" guitar a lot on a gig as well. |
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Fred Treece
From:
California, USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2018 9:16 am
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| Bob Fraser wrote: |
| Jerry Erickson wrote: |
| Then there's Junior Brown. |
Mr Brown mostly uses a bar on the steel, not pick, in any videos I've seen of him. |
Not sure what is trying to be said in the preceding comment, but one word is worth a thousand pictures... Junior uses a flat pick and two fingerpicks for both necks of the Git-Steel.
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Bob Cox
From:
Buckeye State
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Posted 3 Oct 2018 3:27 pm pic
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| Boogie Sherod use to play at the Lexington show. He got a good sound with a straight pic |
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Gary L Reed
From:
Castle Rock, CO
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Posted 3 Oct 2018 4:05 pm
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| Dick Meis from Denver uses a flat pick and two finger picks |
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Tal Herbsman
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Bobby Snell
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 4 Oct 2018 6:30 am
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It's the wrist/arm angle...the motion can't be the same as six-string.
Still, there are some benefits from using a pick, such as a good chugga-chugga-chugga palm muted power chord or other percussive effects. So there's always a flat pick in-between necks along with the extra finger picks for me. |
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Bill Sinclair
From:
Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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